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The Paper Palace, by Miranda Cowley Heller

leraospoucos's review against another edition

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5.0

No início, a sequência dos eventos é lenta e são-nos apresentadas as personagens, que nos fascinam e nos repelem.

Mas é impossível não gostarmos de Elle, a heroína deste drama familiar. Crescemos com ela e a nossa personalidade funde-se com a dela, sentimos a sua solidão, a injustiça, o sofrimento, mas também a alegria e a força.

A narrativa alterna entre o presente, que se passa em apenas 24 horas, e memórias do passado.

É uma história inquietante, com uma visão honesta sobre momentos mais sombrios da vida familiar das personagens. Mas que, ao mesmo tempo, consegue transmitir a forma intensa como a Elle vive e sente.

Palácio de papel é um conjunto de cabanas de praia, onde a família de Elle passa os verões. E é retratado de um modo tão vívido, que é como se fosse uma personagem. É um local caracterizado por várias metáforas e o que parece frágil também é resistente e perdurável.

Uma narrativa sobre amor, culpa, perdão e escolhas, onde a autora demonstra uma capacidade descritiva incrível, o que intensifica a nossa experiência de leitura.

É daqueles livros que nos arrebata e permanece connosco mesmo depois de o termos terminado.

gen97's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

fkshg8465's review against another edition

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4.0

The older I get, the more I wonder what is wrong with people. That’s how I felt through most of this book. Not sure I feel resolved about the ending either, but I am glad to have read the book. Loved Peter and Jonas and Anna, but could not understand Eleanor’s mother or father at all, even though I felt sorry for her mom. Felt even sorrier for Conrad and his parents, even while the whole time I hated him. People are complex. People are terrible. But I think most people are doing the best they can to get to the next day, and I think this book did a good job of showing that.

jeannine6's review against another edition

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emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

lawless13's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

hhearn's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

paular53's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense slow-paced

3.0

Not what I expected and there were  lots of things that could have been left out. 

alexxa's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ciwslc's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

sjwllms's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25